Gamers, brace yourselves—Doom Game, the legendary shooter, has found its weirdest home yet: inside a PDF file. Yes, you read that right. The latest target for established game portals turns out to be PDF readers in browsers because a senior in high school developed an intriguing method for a new doom game.

GitHub user ading2210 took inspiration from TetrisPDF—a version of Tetris playable in a PDF—and thought, "Why not DOOM?" Using the scripting capabilities of Javascript within PDF specifications, they made it happen. The result? A surprisingly legible, six-color ASCII grid version of the doom game that runs at 80 ms per frame. Sure, it’s a bit laggy, has no sound, and skips text, but who cares when you can rip and tear through E1M1 while pretending to read those quarterly reports?

The tech behind it is fascinating. PDF files can run Javascript, and while browsers limit what it can do for security, ading2210 found enough room to load up the iconic shooter. The creator of TetrisPDF, Thomas Rinsma, even chimed in to praise ading2210’s “neater” version.

Will this replace your gaming rig? Probably not. But it’s another wild chapter in DOOM’s history of running on everything from calculators to gut bacteria. If nothing else, it’s the perfect excuse to open a PDF at work. Just maybe don’t let your boss catch you hunting demons instead of editing spreadsheets.

FAQs

Why is Doom so famous?

Doom is an iconic first-person shooter genre and gaming in general. That's because Doom was so much fun to play, and it still is.

How much GB is doom on a PC?

Doom requires 80 GB of available space on your PC to be played.